Tough Economy!!! Are you paying too much for your EAI Platform?

Every organization in the world is forced to evaluate every $ spent. Have you looked at how much you spend on your EAI/Middleware Server/platform? I bet you can save tons of money by moving to BizTalk(not Geico :)).

Let me share pricing structure for BizTalk Server and I will let you compare it to your existing infrastructure. If you feel you are paying too much call me(425 705 1505). Really that is my office number!!! :)

BizTalk has 5 versions to satisfy every customers requirement.

• Evaluation Version: This is full Enterprise edition with free 120 days license. This is great if you want to download and play with BizTalk and do not want to spend any money on it.
• Developer Edition: This is again full Enterprise edition with no restriction other than it cannot be used in production environment. This is great for folks who want to do regular development. It is only $499. Developer Edition is free with MSDN premium subscription.
• Enterprise Edition: Enterprise edition includes all the capabilities including EAI, B2B, BPM, BAM,Host integration server and RFID.  This is Designed for customers with enterprise-level requirements for high volume, reliability, and availability. It comes will all the adapters and accelerators. Enterprise edition is only $34,999 per proc. Compare this to any other EAI product and it will be no where near as costly.
• Standard Edition: Standard edition is becoming very popular with many customers. It is exactly same as Enterprise edition with 2 key differences first it limits 5 BizTalk applications on the server and 2 CPUs on single server. Other than this you get everything at just $8,499 per proc.
• Branch Edition: This was a recent edition to support branch scenarios or in other words Hub and Spoke scenarios. This is crucial for customers who want ability to run a limited version of BizTalk at edge of enterprise. This edition also provides BizTalk RFID capabilities for customers who want to deploy RFID solutions. This is available at $1800 per proc.

You can get started on BizTalk at no cost. In other words you can spend anywhere from $0 to $34,999 per proc and get the right product for your environment. I am confident that is lowest price in the industry. BizTalk is easy deploy, learn and build on. Hence it has lowest TCO. Let me know if you think any other product can match this!!! I am waiting…